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foresnatch

verb

Etymology

From fore- + snatch.

  1. inherited from *snakjaną✻ — “to whiff, sniff, catch wind of; to taste-test, nibble”
  2. inherited from *snakkjan✻
  3. inherited from *snæċċan✻
  4. inherited from snacchen
  5. prefixed as foresnatch — “fore + snatch”

Definitions

  1. To snatch in advance.

    • Friends of the people! — glorious name, indeed, If these bestow, not you foresnatch, the meed — Your motive, not your means, the Muse admires, Whom kindred aims — congenial zeal inspires; [...]
    • [...] at once reach the objects of her infant admiration and draw them nearer to her eagerness, then ran with pouting lips to foresnatch her father's kisses.
    • Hoar Pindus, from his rocky barriers, Looks on thy ranks of gay-plumed warriors, And sees an ominous sight : The leafy tent for victory graced, Foresnatching fate with impious haste From gods that rule the fight.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for foresnatch. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA